Dr. Ricardo U Sorensen MD
Allergist and Immunologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Allergy/Immunology
Children's Hospital - Allergy 200 Henry Clay Avenu New Orleans LA, 70118Rating
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Dr. Ricardo Sorensen practices Pediatric Allergy Medicine in New Orleans, LA. A pediatric allergist/immunologist finds and treats allergies and immune system problems that child patients suffer from. Dr. Sorensen treats the reactions caused by pet dander, pollen, dust, mold spores, insect stings, food, and medications; those reactions include asthma, hay fever, hives, eczema, or a very severe and unusual reaction called anaphylaxis.
Education and Training
Univ De Chile, Esc De Pregrado, Fac De Med, Santiago, Chile 1964
Universidad de Santiago de Chile Facultad de Ciencias MÈdicas 1964
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Metabolic and hematologic changes occurring after rapid intravenous infusion of
- Evaluating children with respiratory tract infections: the role of immunization
- CD40-CD40 ligand interaction is central to cell-mediated immunity against Toxoplasma gondii: patients with hyper IgM syndrome have a defective type 1 immune response that can be restored by soluble CD40 ligand trimer.
- Increase in granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor secretion and the respiratory burst with decreased L-selectin expression in hyper-IgE syndrome patients.
- Immunotherapy for food allergies. Past, present, future.
- Defective cellular immunity to gram-negative bacteria in cystic fibrosis patients.
- Defective cellular immunity to gram-negative bacteria in cystic fibrosis patients.
- Distribution of primary immunodeficiency diseases diagnosed in a pediatric tertiary hospital.
- Antibody deficiency syndromes.
- Up-regulation of CD40 ligand and induction of a Th2 response in children immunized with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines.
- Influence of patient age on Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes causing invasive
- Case-control study of the efficacy of BCG immunization against pulmonary tuberculosis in young adults in Santiago, Chile.
- Cryptococcal osteomyelitis and cellular immunodeficiency associated with interleukin-2 deficiency.
- Effect of pyocyanine, a pigment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, on production of
- Lack of antibodies to HIV in Pemon Indians in Venezuela.
Treatments
- Dermatitis
- Allergies
- Contact Dermatitis
- Hay Fever (allergic Rhinitis)
- Immunodeficiency
- Allergic Reaction
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